West In­dies-A were put un­der pres­sure from Bangladesh, fol­low­ing mem­o­rable bowl­ing from Ke­mar Roach and Ryan Austin in their three-day, tour match yes­ter­day. West In­dies-A, re­ply­ing to Bangladesh's first in­nings to­tal of 195, slumped to 82 for four at the close on the open­ing day at Kens­ing­ton Oval.

A-Team cap­tain Sew­nar­ine Chat­ter­goon, bat­ting at three, was not out on 38 and wick­et­keep­er/bats­man De­von Thomas was not out on four when stumps were drawn. The A-Team lost open­er Adri­an Barath for four and Lendl Sim­mons for sev­en, as new Bangladesh cap­tain Mashrafe Mor­taza re­moved the two of them, and fin­ished the day with two wick­ets for 14 runs from six overs. Fast bowler Roach had col­lect­ed five wick­ets for 62 runs off 17 overs, and off-spin­ner Austin had cap­tured five for 71 off 22.5 overs, as Bangladesh were bowled out about 35 min­utes af­ter tea. Mo­ham­mad Ashra­ful top-scored for Bangladesh with 50, bat­ting at num­ber five, af­ter the vis­i­tors won the toss and chose to bat. But the A-Team then found them­selves in ear­ly trou­ble, when they lost open­er Kier­an Pow­ell caught at for­ward square-leg off Sha­ha­dat Hos­sain for five.

Barath fend­ed a short ball from Mor­taza to gul­ly, and Sim­mons was ad­judged lbw to the same bowler to leave the A-Team 32 for three. An­dre Creary, a Young West In­dies bats­man from Ja­maica, who is yet to play a first-class match, joined Chat­ter­goon, and they nav­i­gat­ed the A-Team past 50 and added 47 for the fourth wick­et be­fore he was caught at leg-slip off left-arm spin­ner Shak­ib Al Hasan just be­fore the close. Ear­li­er, home­town boys Roach and Austin en­sured there was lit­tle sub­stance and sta­bil­i­ty in the Bangladesh bat­ting, af­ter a steady open­ing stand of 35 from Tamim Iqbal and Im­rul Kayes.

Roach had Tamim caught be­hind for 23, and bowled Im­rul for 21, as Bangladesh reached 66 for two at lunch. Af­ter lunch, Roach and Austin made in­roads in­to the vis­i­tors' bat­ting, and left them rock­ing on 165 for five at tea. Bangladesh face West In­dies in two Tests, three One-day In­ter­na­tion­als, and one Twen­ty20 In­ter­na­tion­al on their five-week tour of the Caribbean.

Score­board

West In­dies A vs Bangladesh

BANGLADESH 1st In­nings

Tamim Iqbal c wkp Thomas b Roach 23

Im­rul Kayes b Roach 21

Zu­naed Sid­dique c wkp Thomas b Austin a29

Roqibul Has­san c Pow­ell b Austin 26

Mo­ham­mad Ashra­ful c Pas­cal b Roach 50

Shak­ib Al Hasan c Barath b Austin 0

+Mush­fiqur Rahim c Sim­mons b Austin 3

Mah­mud Ul­lah c wkp Thomas b Roach 14

Masharafe Bin Mor­taza c Creary b Austin 20

Sha­ha­dat Hos­sain b Roach 0

Rubel Hos­sain not out 0

Ex­tras (b1, lb2, nb6) 9

TO­TAL (all out, 63.5 overs) 195

Fall of wick­ets: 1-35 (Iqbal), 2-56 (Kayes), 3-99 (Sid­dique), 4-120 (Roqibul Has­san), 5-122 (Al Hasan), 6-134 (Rahim), 7-164 (Ashra­ful), 8-185 (Ul­lah), 9-185 (Sha­ha­dat Hos­sain), 10-195 (Mor­taza).

Bowl­ing: Pas­cal 7-1-17-0 (nb1), Mc­Clean 8-2-16-0, Roach 17-3-62-5, Austin 22.5-6-71-5 (nb5), Wal­lace 9-2-26-0.

WEST IN­DIES A 1st In­nings

K. Pow­ell c Shak­ib b S Hos­sain 5

A. Barath c Shak­ib b Mor­taza 4

S. Chat­ter­goon not out 38

L. Sim­mons lbw b Mor­taza 7

A. Creary c Rahim b Shak­ib 17

+D. Thomas not out 0

Ex­tras (nb11) 11

TO­TAL (4 wks, 24 overs) 82

Fall of wick­ets: 1-13 (Pow­ell), 2-17 (Barath), 3-32 (Sim­mons), 4-79 (Creary).

To bat: K. Roach, K. Mc­Clean, R. Austin, N. Pas­cal, G. Wal­lace.

Bowl­ing: Mor­taza 6-0-14-2 (nb1), Sha­ha­dat Hos­sain 6-0-29-1 (nb4), Rubel Hos­sain 5-1-16-0 (nb2), Shak­ib Al Hasan 5-2-16-1 (nb4), Ashra­ful 2-0-7-0